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Cyberspace Discussed Globally

... from the government, academia, media ( Der Spiegel, et al), major corporations ( Microsoft, Comcast, PriceWaterhouseCoopers ), numerous NGOs from the United States, Europe and Asia. During two days seven groups were discussing the development of the Internet and cyberspace, security, creation of mechanisms for the cyberspace regulation and international interaction. The final gathering was devoted to international regulation of the Internet, enhanced protection of national infrastructures, prevention ...

11.12.2014

RIAC’s Educational Projects Presented in Venice International University

On December 2, 2014, RIAC Program Manager Ekaterina Chimiris and Program Coordinator Anna Kuznetsova made a report “Promotion of Universities in Global Internet” at the Russian-Italian conference “Globalization 2.0: New Approaches to Teaching and Research ” held at the Venice International University . The highly responsive participants, among them representatives of Russian universities ...

04.12.2014

Great Russian-Chinese Cyberwall

... efforts undertaken by our country in the context of the developments in Ukraine. Particularly important issues for many aspects of foreign and domestic policy with regards to information security include: international cooperation in the field of global Internet governance; the protection of national information resources; state information policy; the development of scientific and technological potential; the development of national and international instruments to counter threats to individuals, society,...

31.10.2014

RIAC at CSR Committee of Russian Managers Association

... part of the global trend toward strengthening of its strategic significance for the business and the society as a result of cooperation of these two entities,” said Mr. Blagov. Dr. Timofeev spoke on CSR achievements of the Russian firms in the Internet and demonstrated the best practices of CSR presentation on foreign websites.

16.10.2014

RIAC: New Agenda for Universities

On 8 September 2014, the RIAC held a symposium “Promoting Russian Universities on the Foreign Internet and Academic Press”. The event gathered representatives of universities that are corporate members and partners of the Council. RIAC General Director Andrei Kortunov opened the symposium by pointing out the heightened importance of educational ...

09.09.2014

The Irrepressible Rise of the Runet

Imagine you are on a gameshow, and are asked the following question: in which year did the Russian language internet -- commonly known as Runet-- begin? The answer, you could assume, is 1990, with the creation of Relcom. Unless its 1983, that is, with the San Francisco Moscow Teleport. Which would mean you aren’t accepting the 1972 Express automated data ...

02.09.2014

Is the Bioinformatic Apocalypse Looming: Big Data and Biosecurity

RIAC’s Working Paper “Russia and Challenges of the Digital Environment” offers an inventive view on the problem of Big Data and its relationship with the nation’s digital sovereignty. Among other things, the paper considers the quickly evolving Big Data biological and medical segments, touching upon such critical matters as the possible emergence of targeted weapons able to target and injure specific groups of living beings, including humans. The rapidly growing volume of...

14.08.2014

Why Global Internet Governance Matters

Internet governance is now one of the most lively and important topics in international relations. The issue has long been ignored and restricted to small silos of experts. However, the leaks disclosed by Edward Snowden triggered a massive response to ...

29.07.2014

RIAC Program to be Employed in Tver Region

RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeyev held workshop “Promotion of Russian Exporters in Foreign Internet: Basics of Content Management” for businesses and government of Tver Region. Focused on RIAC’s A+Standard program, the workshop was used to familiarize the participants with the fundamentals for the making of the corporate websites ...

02.06.2014
 

Poll conducted

  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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